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		<title>Deals &amp; Steals on The Living Direct Network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We send out an email to our customers at least once a week usually highlighting a special deal or something new about our site, whether it's our recent makeover or information on new products. There's no way we could possibly share everything that's happening on our sites though. We would flood inboxes and quickly be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Round Rock Express Game 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Living Direct's annual baseball outing took place this week at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock and it could not have a been a more perfect evening for the event; the sun was shining, the sky was blue, the hamburgers were deliciously greasy and the beer was cold. Year after year the outing provides employees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forward March…Sending Matthew Off With a Bang!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As Matthew's time here at Living Direct wraps up, we found it appropriate to celebrate all of his accomplishments and future aspirations with a little noise. Matthew has been a great resource here in the office for the past three months: writing press releases, conducted pricing analyses and building the company's nano sites such as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adventuresinretailing.com/08/2010/forward-march-sending-matthew-off-with-a-bang/</link>
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		<title>Exclusive CompactAppliance.com Coupons &#8211; Expiring Soon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shop All Washer/Dryers &#62;&#62; Shop All LG Window Air Conditioners &#62;&#62; Shop CompactAppliance.com &#62;&#62; Shop Dehumidifiers &#62;&#62; Enter Contest &#62;&#62;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adventuresinretailing.com/07/2010/exclusive-compactappliance-com-coupons-expiring-soon/</link>
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		<title>Got an Opinion about Our Products? Share &amp; Win!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of our site makeover we have a completely new review system on our sites! To kick off the launch of our reviews, we are holding a giveaway. Leave a review on a product you have purchased or are familiar with and you'll be entered to win any of the above great prizes! Here's [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Giveaway: Win a Dimplex PowerChef Electric Grill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That's right, we're already doing another giveaway! This one is only for our Facebook fans though, so if you haven't already "liked" the Living Direct fan page make sure you do so now. For this giveaway, we have teamed up with Dimplex to give away a Dimplex PowerChef convertible electric grill with stainless accents (pictured [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living Direct&#8217;s Outdoor Entertaining Giveaway Winner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And the winner of our 2010 Outdoor Entertaining Giveaway is.... Robert B. from California! Robert was kind enough to arrange all of the prizes and send us a picture of him with them. He won a Minden Master propane gas grill, a Vifah Balthazar 5 piece patio dining set, a Margaritaville cordless frozen concoction maker [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adventuresinretailing.com/06/2010/living-direct-outdoor-entertaining-giveaway-winner/</link>
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		<title>Customer Appreciation Month at Living Direct &amp; CompactAppliance.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chances are, if you placed an order on any Living Direct Network site in the month of May or early June, you received a handwritten note from one of our employees and maybe even a Living Direct tote bag. We wanted a genuine way to show our customers that we appreciate them. We didn't want [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adventuresinretailing.com/06/2010/customer-appreciation-month-at-living-direct-compactappliance-com/</link>
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		<title>Natural Disaster Preparedness Guides &#8211; LivingDirect.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we launched a new section on LivingDirect.com: Natural Disaster Product Guide Pages. These pages are an area/idea that we are passionate about growing. We understand the dangers and unpredictability that come with natural disasters and we hope that these guides are a good start for helping families prepare for emergencies. Being located in Texas [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.adventuresinretailing.com/06/2010/natural-disaster-product-preparedness-guides-livingdirect-com/</link>
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		<title>Ants Invade CompactAppliance.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AUSTIN, TX – Ants have marched into the offices of Top 500 Internet Retailer, CompactAppliance.com. The pests were first spotted in the marketing department Monday morning around 9:00 am when Titus Lam, an online marketing specialist for CompactAppliance.com and LivingDirect.com et al, reported a couple ants wandering about his desk. Initially, coworkers scoffed at Lam's [...]]]></description>
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